Xpos opn axillary/sbclvn art w/cndt crtn at Baylor St Luke's Medical Center

1101 Bates Avenue, Houston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1184622847

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$103.60

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$296.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$32.56 with TCHP vs $2,700.00 with Humana — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $32.56 ↓ -69%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $32.56 ↓ -69%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $33.22 ↓ -68%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $43.64 ↓ -58%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $44.61 ↓ -57%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $79.92 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -3%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -3%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -3%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $101.59 ↓ -2%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $101.59 ↓ -2%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $107.10 ↑ +3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $121.36 ↑ +17%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $133.20 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $139.12 ↑ +34%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $148.00 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $162.80 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $162.80 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $162.80 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $177.60 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $192.40 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $192.40 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $192.40 ↑ +86%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $207.20 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $207.20 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $207.20 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $207.20 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $222.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $244.56 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $251.60 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $296.00 ↑ +186%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $896.00 ↑ +765%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,079.00 ↑ +942%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,452.00 ↑ +1302%
United Commercial|Charter $1,955.00 ↑ +1787%
United Commercial|PPO $2,172.00 ↑ +1997%
United Commercial|HMO $2,172.00 ↑ +1997%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,700.00 ↑ +2506%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,700.00 ↑ +2506%

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Xpos opn axillary/sbclvn art w/cndt crtn at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $103.60 $23.68 – $296.00
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $103.60 $29.60 – $296.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $103.60 $23.68 – $296.00
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $103.60 $23.68 – $296.00
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $103.60 $17.76 – $296.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $4,826.69 – $4,826.69
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $2,444.00 – $2,444.00
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $1,553.00 – $2,688.00

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